Masculine Happy Birthday

I wanted to start using up some old DSP that I have been hanging on to and I whipped up a couple of Birthday cards that would be perfect for a man having a birthday.

Then I made another one with just a few changes:

Two cards that I made pretty fast. I have two boys and both were born in August.  Jeff of the 22nd and John on the 30th so they will be receiving these cards. 

Hope you all have a great weekend and I will have more ideas next week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gail S.

Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

Aren't the colors of this card gorgeous???  I love the Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink ~ so girly and a pop of Basic Gray!!

I needed more birthday cards in my "stash" and made a couple of these. The inside looks like this.

I hope your week is going well.  Thanks for stopping by!

Gail S.

It's a Swap Card

I made a card for a swap that I signed up for using some new stamps, ink and papers.  I made 29 of these and will received 29 different swap cards in exchange!  Great thing, right?  I will share the swap cards with you when I receive them so you can have some crafting inspiration.

I wish I had taken a better picture of this because after I now look at it, the photo has shadows on it.  Oh well, you get the idea of the card.  The swap requirement was a card that you would be able to create in 10 minutes or less so it is pretty simple.

I do have more posts coming up in the next couple of days.  Thanks for taking the time to drop by!

Gail S.

Another Flower Card

Here is another card I made using the Quint Essential Flower Stamp.

And the same card but with a sentiment added.

I love these soft colors ~ Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and Crumb Cake.  A little bling, bling with some rhinestones around the flower and some soft cut out edging in Whisper White completes the card.
The insides were decorated like this:

Thats all I have, for now, using this stamp but I have more cards to show you coming up in the days ahead...including those hard, masculine cards.  So stay tuned!

Gail S.

Flower Power!

I am back to show you another card using the Quint Essential Flower stamp from SU!

For this card, I did use some retired SU! DSP that I had purchase on the clearance rack.  I love the Melon Mambo, black, white and grey colors with a POP of Pear Pizzaz.

Thanks for stopping!

Quint Essential Flower Power

This past weekend, I was able to get into the craft room and make some cards!  It has been forever (well, at least a month) since I have been able to have some time to play.  I ended up making quite a few cards using the Quint Essential Flower stamp from SU!.  This stamp is sold by itself and comes as a wooden block stamp as your only choice.  It has so many possibilities!  I will be showing several cards using this versitile stamp over the course of several posts.

This first card I really like the pretty colors. I got this idea from the blog here ~ Stampin Anne.  I really like Anne Marie's style of cardmaking and have CASED many of her card ideas.

I used some of the new Stampin' Up! colors along with grey.  The new colors are Summer Starfruit and Primrose Petals. 

I added some rhinestones to the flower and punched out different parts of the stamped flower in the two colors.  I also added some tags to the card and attached them to the bow.

Stay tuned for more ideas using the Quint Essential Flower Stamp!!



Sweet Macyn!

Well this proud Grandma has to post some more pictures of Macyn!  She is growing "like a weed"!

I could not stay away any longer so grandma (and grandpapa) had to go visit last week and we got to babysit last Saturday afternoon and gave Mommy and Daddy a break.  They went out to eat and to a movie while Macyn and us bonded.  We watched the Olympics together!  Macyn is now 5 weeks old.

I saw a quote on Pinterest the other day ~ "Grandchildren fill a space in your heart you never knew was empty".  My heart is so full of love!